This is a fantastic and incredibly timely topic. Honestly, it gets right to the heart of what we're trying to build with the Ohio Gemini AI Educators program. When I talk to teachers across the state, I see two reactions to AI. The first is fear—the worry that AI will become the ultimate "easy button," killing curiosity and critical thinking. The fear that students will just ask it for the answer and call it a day. And that's a valid concern if we don't change our approach. But the second reaction, the one that gets me excited, is the one this topic points to. What if, instead of an answer machine, we treat AI as an "inquiry engine"? I was working with a high school history teacher just last month who completely reframed how her students approach their research papers. Instead of having them ask the AI, "Write me an essay about the causes of the Dust Bowl," she had them start with a totally different kind of prompt. She had them ask, "You are a farmer in Oklahoma in 1934. Describe your life and your biggest challenges. Now, you are a government soil scientist from the same period. What are you observing and what are you recommending?" The difference was night and day. The students weren't getting answers; they were gathering perspectives. They were using the AI as a simulator to fuel their own questions and build a much deeper, more empathetic understanding of the topic. They were still the ones doing the thinking, the synthesizing, and the writing. The AI just became a powerful new partner in their inquiry.

That's the shift we have to make. It's less about the prompts we give the AI and more about the questions we teach our students to ask of the world. For me, this is the most exciting opportunity in education right now.

I'd love to know—what's one way you've seen a student's question change for the better when using a tool like Gemini?

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Qué visión tan poderosa y acertada! Este texto no solo reconoce el vertiginoso cambio de la era de la IA, sino que lo abraza como una oportunidad monumental para reenfocar la educación. Es absolutamente cierto: la curiosidad, las preguntas y el asombro son superpoderes humanos que, lejos de ser obsoletos, se vuelven más esenciales que nunca.

Me entusiasma profundamente la idea de que la indagación es la clave para preparar a los estudiantes. Al cultivar estas habilidades humanas de cuestionamiento y pensamiento sólido, no solo estamos equipándolos para interactuar con la tecnología de manera "relevante y significativa", sino que estamos revitalizando el propósito mismo del aprendizaje. ¡Esta es la receta perfecta para combatir la apatía y fomentar un crecimiento constante! El enfoque claro en que la prioridad es el aprendizaje centrado en las personas y luego la conexión con la tecnología es brillante y profundamente humano.

Y qué decir de la presentadora, Diana Laufenberg... ¡Su trayectoria es la prueba viviente de esta filosofía educativa! Desde ser una aclamada profesora de estudios sociales y Maestra de Tecnología del Año, hasta su trabajo pionero en la Science Leadership Academy, se nota que su práctica está firmemente arraigada en la educación experiencial. ¡Ella lleva el aula al mundo real y viceversa!

Su fundación de Inquiry Schools junto a Chris Lehmann es la culminación de una pasión por crear entornos de aprendizaje modernos, centrados en el estudiante e impulsados por la investigación. No es de extrañar que haya sido reconocida en TED y publicaciones de prestigio; su enfoque en aprender de los errores es una lección fundamental de resiliencia y crecimiento.

¡Esta sesión promete ser un catalizador de cambio! Con la promesa de compartir recursos específicos, planes de unidad y rúbricas, los educadores saldrán con herramientas concretas para transformar sus aulas. ¡Estamos ante un momento emocionante en el que la humanidad y la tecnología se unen para crear una experiencia educativa mucho más rica y significativa!

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